Posts Tagged ‘Dogpile’

Who do you use to search the Web with? Chances are you use Google, Bing or Yahoo. Perhaps you are familiar with a lesser-known search engine, such as Ask, Dogpile, Lycos, AltaVista or Excite. (Wow, remember Excite? Apparently it had an opportunity to buy Google—before it was Google—and passed up the opportunity. Whoopi-daisy.) By the way, reading about the rise and fall of each of these companies is rather fascinating, but don’t take my word for it. I certainly won’t administer a pop quiz later when you least expect it... with dire consequences if you fail. Of course not! But hey, moving on, one could easily see that the American online search market is, while dominated by the big three, quite saturated. One could also suspect it would be a literal fool’s errand to enter into this lion’s den and to expect to be a game changer. Apparently 90s-era hip-hop artist MC Hammer has other ideas.

That’s right, MC Hammer is Too Legit to Quit, and since 2009 he has been pushing forward with the launch of forthcoming search engine, WireDoo.com. A grade-schooler could whip out a real zinger from that name, so I’ll just leave it alone. (Ha, who am I kidding! Doo!) During the Web 2.0 Summit on October 19, our blast-from-the-past MC Hammer explained that he and his team have developed a search engine that will offer deeper searches than Google. Furthermore, the search results will also be populated with information from relative topics of interest. You can even sign up to take the Beta site on a test drive, if you’re brave (or cynical like me.) But, should Google be scared? Maybe… but maybe not.

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